Pranav and I looked into the laser issues we were having when the laser gets into higher power regimes (above 1W). We noticed a while ago that the beam looked more or less like a donut indicating higher order modes at higher powers. Koch figured it might have to do with heating so we looked into it.

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{{qn}}Pranav and I looked into the laser issues we were having when the laser gets into higher power regimes (above 1W). We noticed a while ago that the beam looked more or less like a donut indicating higher order modes at higher powers. Koch figured it might have to do with heating so we looked into it.

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Pranav and I looked into the laser issues we were having when the laser gets into higher power regimes (above 1W). We noticed a while ago that the beam looked more or less like a donut indicating higher order modes at higher powers. Koch figured it might have to do with heating so we looked into it.